Journal
INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION
Volume 28, Issue 9, Pages 1150-1174Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2021.1877633
Keywords
Core periphery; cultural creative industry; TV-film industry; ireland
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- Vetenskapsradet [2013-01142_12]
- Moore Institute Visiting Fellow Programme at NUI Galway
- Swedish Research Council [2013-01142] Funding Source: Swedish Research Council
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This paper discusses a small but vibrant cultural industry agglomeration in Galway, Ireland, arguing that language, culture, and community are fundamental to the industrial dynamics in peripheral settings. It emphasizes that being in the periphery can be an asset for entrepreneurship, creative freedom, and field formation. The study highlights the importance of considering cultural production in understanding industrial dynamics and innovation.
This paper attempts to blur the periphery versus centre binary by considering the emergence of a small, but vibrant, agglomeration of cultural industries in Galway, Ireland. Key agents in this story include postcolonial activists, Irish language supporters, Hollywood directors, and local politicians. This is an example of an industry agglomeration in a 'peripheral' setting and in the context of a threatened language. Language, culture and community are argued to be fundamental to the case and can be traced back to an underrepresented community finding a voice for itself. It is argued that studies of industry and innovation should not ignore small scale or peripheral cases; that being in the periphery can be an asset in terms of entrepreneurship, creative freedom and field formation; that periphery must be set in a relational framework; and that the medium of cultural production must be part of understanding industrial dynamics and innovation.
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